DataCase - iPhone File Sharing Made Easy

Okay, in my humble opinon, this is the first really useful app I’ve found on the app store for the new iPhone. The DataCase app by Veiosoft adds some much needed file storage capabilities to the iPhone. I’ve heard of others out there, but have also heard lots of grumblings about the lack of features or other issuses. I spent the $6.99 on the advice of my friend and grabbed the app. I have to admit, I’m really glad I did.
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Chalkwork iPhone & iPod Touch Icons

Mezzoblue is offering the Chalkwork iPhone & iPod Touch icon set for free. The Mini-Set is a set of custom icons built specifically for the iPhone/iPod UI. Featuring base icons from the Chalkwork Family stylized to match the iPhone look and feel, each icon rests on top of a unique texture or photographic element. The set contains 29 icons and are available as transparent PNG files. A Few Dock and Wallpaper images are also included.Installation instructions are included within the zip archive.

The caveat…these icons are only installable on iPhone/iPod devices running firmware that has been jailbroken

Download the free icons

Movie Rentals Coming To iTunes

Media reports claim Apple and Twentieth Century Fox have signed an agreement to allow iPod and iPhone users to rent movies through Apple’s iTunes store. The agreement will allow rentals of Fox’s latest DVD releases with a time limit attached to the movie file. Terms of the agreement, pricing, and rental duration have not been announced.

100,000 copies of Bento downloaded in just 30 days

Apple is reporting that Bento, the personal database from FileMaker created expressly for Mac OS X Leopard has already become a hot item. As FileMaker announced yesterday morning, customers eager to experience the easy-to-use applications have downloaded more than 100,000 copies of the preview release in just 30 days. Bento has already received excellent reviews. One reviewer at Networkworld.com said of Bento, “I, for one, never thought I’d see a database able to achieve that level of simplicity. Yet another reason to consider a Mac?” Have you downloaded your copy yet?

Office 2008 for Mac Goes Gold

Microsoft announced on Tuesday it has completed development on Office 2008 for the Mac. The office productivity suite will make it’s debut at Macworld next month. The newest version of the Office suite will be available in three different flavors ranging in price from $150 for Home and Student Edition to a steep $500 for what is being called the “Special Media Edition”. Leave it to Microsoft to muddy the water by releasing multiple versions of the same base product.

Pixelmator 1.1 “Kitten” Update

Pixelmator, already a well-known, stylish alternative image editor for the Mac, has been updated to version 1.1, bringing with it some eagerly awaited new features. Along with better Leopard compatibility, the 1.1 “Kitten” release adds much wanted support for pressure-sensitive graphics tablets like the Wacom line, over 100 new filters and third-party filter support by way of “core image units & quartz composer compositions” (whatever those are exactly).
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PNG Thing PNG Image Optimizer

Apple Fanboyz friend Nick never could find a PNG image optimizer to his liking. There are a few widgets for the Mac but he’s not a big fan of the OS X Dashboard so, being the swell guy that he is, he decided to make his own version and share it with you for free.

PNG Thing is powered by the OptiPNG library and built with Ruby and Platypus. The application will optimize any PNG image (or folder of PNGs) dropped onto it. Once the optimization is complete, PNG Thing will notify you via Growl with the total number of images it has optimized and how many kilobytes you have saved. This thing is a great tool for any webmaster. Check it out and leave a comment if you would like to let him know what you think.

Download PNG Thing v1.0 for Mac - 1044 downloads

Apple and FOX Negotiating iTunes Deal

Has Apple finally given in to the movie studios? Ars Technica is reporting Apple has agreed to pay iTunes hold out 20th Century Fox $15 wholesale per movie. Will iTunes users be willing to pay over $15 to download movies from the iTune’s movie library or will this further drive users away and into the arms of alternatives such as BitTorrent?
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Google Gadgets Find New Home on the Mac

Now you can bring hundreds of existing Google Gadgets to your Mac Dashboard. These gadgets look and behave just like any other Dashboard widget, so there’s no big learning curve.

If you’re a widget or gadget freak and are worried you might miss out on new gadgets as they come along, don’t fret. The Google Gadgets application regularly updates itself so the list of available gadgets is never out of date.
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Skype Releases Leopard Compatible Client

Skype has released a beta version of their popular VOIP client that is compatible with the OS X Leopard operating system. Skype v2.7 Beta is available for download on the Skype web site and fixes issues discovered with the launch of Leopard in October.

Along with fixing compatability issues with Leopard, Skype is also rolling out higher quality video chat. The new version supports video chat at 640×480 and 25 frames per second.
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